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SADDLE FOR ANCHORING GABLES FOB SILOS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION F |LED SEPT.'3 1911.

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FRANK J'. VAN COTT, OF UN'ADILLA, NEW YORK.

SADDLE FOR ANCHO-RING CABLES FOR SILOS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919.

Original application filed July 31, 1916, Serial No. 112,431. Dividedand this application filed October 3, 1917. Serial No. 194,631.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. VAN Co'r'r, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Unadilla, in the county of Otsego and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Saddle for Anchoring Cables forSilos and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a saddle for anchoring cablesfor silos and the like, of simple, durable and inexpensive construction,as shown in my application for patent on a silo, Serial Number 112,431,filed July 31, 1916, from which application the invention claimed hereinhas been divided.

A further object is to provide such a saddle adapted to be used inconnection with a fixed anchoring rod having a screw-threaded end, saidsaddle being provided with an opening to receive said rod.

Still a further object is to provide such a saddle having suitablechannels or grooves for receiving an intermediate portion of a cable,said channels or grooves being so arranged as to cause the cable to bindwhen drawn taut.

Still a further object is to provide such a saddle having a memberadapted to be bent over a portion of the cable for firmly looking thecable in position.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in theconstruction, ar rangement and combination of the various parts of thedevice, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a portion of a silo having ananchoring device including a saddle embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the saddle.

Fig. 3 shows a top or plan view of the same, and

Fig. 4 shows a rear elevation of the sad dle, viewed from the silo.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 toindicate generally the portion of a silo shown. The

silo is surrounded by spaced hoops 11. I

have shown an anchoring cable 12 secured at its ends by means of clamps13, such for instance, as those described in my co-pending applicationfiled Oct. 3, 1917, Serial Number 194,630.

threaded at 15. Mounted 011 the upper end of the rod is a saddlecomprising a central body portion 16, through which extends a curvedopening 17 receiving the rod 14. The body portion 16 of the saddle haslateral extensions l8, which are preferably curved slightly inwardlytoward the silo when the saddle is installed, as illustratedparticularly in Figs. 1 and 3, and are provided on their sides and lowersurfaces with grooves 19.

Extending downwardly and outwardly from the central portion of the body16 is a flange or keeper 20, between which and the body 16 is formed agroove 21, which registers with the ends of the grooves 19. The saddleis mounted 011 the upper end of the rod 14, and a cable 12 is extendedaround the saddle to rest in the grooves 19 and 21, as illustrated inFig. 1. The nut 22 may then be screwed downwardly on the rod 14 untilthe cable is drawn taut.

The flange 20 is made of annealed or other suitable material, so that itmay be struck with a hammer or the like and bent over the cable forfirmly gripping the cable. It will be noted that when the saddle isinstalled, the grooves 19 and 21 are so shaped and arranged withrelation to each other that the cable extends from the top of the saddledownwardly and then outwardly, and is not quite curved in a true circle,so that this would prevent sliding of the cable on the saddle exceptunder great strain.

I thus accomplish the purpose of firmly securing the cable at a pointbetween its ends to the saddle without danger of slippage, except underextraordinary circumstances where some slippage is desirable. Suchslippage may be prevented under any circumstances by bending over theflange 20 in the manner hereinbefore mentioned.

The saddle isadjustable on the rod 14 by means of the adjustment of thenut 22, and by such adjustment the cable can be drawn taut after havingbeen loosely fixed in position.

This avoids the use of turn-buckles and the like for tightening thecable, and has the effect of tightening two cables at once,

insomuch as the ends of: the cable may be fastened to the silo atdifferent points on the silo wall thereof.

It is my intention to cover by this application any use of mechanicalequivalents or modified forms of structure which may be reasonablyincluded within the scope of the claims of the patent to be issuedthereon.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of fixed rodhaving a screwthreaded end, and a nut on said end, with a saddlecomprising a central body portion having an opening extending through itfor receiving said rod, said saddle having laterally extending portionsprovided at their sides and lower surfaces with grooves, said bodyhaving a groove in its lower portion registering with the lower ends ofsaid first grooves, said grooves forming a continuous groove to receivea cable extending from the lower forward portion of the saddle upwardlyand rearwardly.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a fixed rod,with a saddle, comprising a central body portion having an openingextending through it for receiving said rod, means for limiting the3-;1.

movement of said saddle on said rod in one direction, said saddle havinga laterally extended portion provided with substantially opposite guidemeans adapted to receive anchoring members.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a fixed rod, With a saddle, comprlslng a central bodyportlon having an opening extendlng through it for receiving said rod,means for limiting the Copies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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